Woot! It’s our 6th birthday at Award Force and we’re all sitting around the proverbial Slack table, slapping high-fives and throwing out all our favourite party emojis from our desks around the globe. But it’s also a time to be reflective. So what better way to celebrate six years of boot-strapped success than to look back and review what we’ve learned.
Lindsay Nash
6 Ways awards can drive recruitment
Awards aren’t just feel-good pieces of metal or widgets to be added to your website. They can also drive your recruitment, whether you’re hosting an awards program or have won an award. Here are six reasons why.
Watch: Use workflows to banish repetitive review and endorsement tasks
Discover Review flow in Award Force and how you can use it to work for you and your program.
Creating security for your awards program
An interview with Award Force’s Technical Director Kirk Bushell to learn about how to add security to your program, and what Award Force is doing to ensure your program’s security and integrity.
Watch: Keeping your program secure
Get a first hand account of what Award Force does in the background to keep your program secure and learn more about Award Force security features available to you.
Watch: Time saving ideas for effective program management
Learn how to efficiently manage your program by using bulk actions, saved views, notifications, customising the Manage entries list view and saving your judges’ time, by using a moderation step in your judging process.
Creating an entry form your judges will love
How much do you consider your awards program judges when designing an award entry form?
Entry form design can be a tricky task, and it’s important to make the experience a pleasant one for both the entrants and the judges who will assess each entry.
Watch: How to increase submitted entries
Learn how to use proactive communication, entry form design, judge promotion and more to increase the volume of completed submissions.
5 Actionable tips to better integrate social media into your awards program
Sometimes social media can feel like just another task on a long to-do list. But it’s a wonderful way to engage with your awards program community, share your stories and provide recognition right alongside your awards or grant program.
How awards programs can recognise excellence in architecture
Architecture is much more than a building on a plot of land. It reaches beyond the necessities of shelter to strive to become a work of art and a reflection of our zeitgeist. Recognition of good work helps evolve the industry and foster credibility for new players. It can also help inspire future generations to find their own voice and learn from the giants who came before them.